Current economic conditions present the business community, large and small, with a number of challenges.

Design collaboration between the owner/operator and the electrical and mechanical engineers in the design and construction processes of two large Sabey Data Center Campuses—one in East Wenatchee, WA, and the other in Ashburn,VA—was key to the success of the projects.

Businesses today face a complex array of conditions, including ever-changing economic climates, technology trends, and other obstacles that thwart many less-than-solid companies.

I would like to introduce myself and my first “Hot Aisle Insight” column here at Mission Critical. 

For the last five years, data center owners and operators across the globe have been very focused on improving the energy efficiency of our data center power and cooling systems and reducing PUE.

When I first heard the term mission control it was back in the early 1960s when I was a child captivated by the Apollo Space Program. The space program truly inspired me and is one of the reasons why I decided to go into engineering. Nothing at the time even came close to the scale and magnitude of NASA’s science/technology advances and discoveries. 

Are the issues of tomorrow’s data centers anything like they are today? A recent study by the Uptime Institute found that many of the expected challenges in 2016 are very similar to present issues, although some will be substantially different.

Data center managers are under the gun. Companies realize that to compete in the global marketplace, they need a strong data center to back them up. This puts the role of the data center manager front and center, as he holds the key to increasing infrastructure performance, cutting operational costs, and maximizing data center and power efficiencies.

Energy, information, and smart grid technology